diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index af85c87..4edded0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ readme = "README.md"
 tonic = "0.9.0"
 prost = "0.11"
 prost-types = "0.11"
-protoc = "2.28.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.27.0", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]